Cyprus News

The Supreme Court has rejected an application by two welfare services officers seeking to overturn a district court ruling, admitting statements made by the late Stylianos Constantinou as hearsay evidence ...

The international promotion of Cypriot artists was the greatest achievement of the cultural programme organised during Cyprus’ EU Council presidency, deputy culture minister Lina Kassianidou said on Tuesday. “This was ...

The Committee of Occupied Communities of Kyrenia, Nicosia and Famagusta expressed support for President Nikos Christodoulides’ efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus issue following a meeting at the presidential ...

Cypriot cinema is making a significant impact on the international scene, with several locally funded productions winning prestigious awards at film festivals in Europe and Asia, producers said on Tuesday. ...

Away from the busy summer hotspots and loud late-night parties is a festival tucked away among tall pine trees. There, in the cool evening breeze found only in the mountains ...

A Cypriot family, a Jewish volunteer donor and two Arab couples living in Israel were recently linked through a domino effect transplant system involving a chain of donors that saved ...

Fuel tanker owners, protesting on Tuesday outside the presidential palace, handed a memorandum to deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou demanding more time to comply with ADR requirements, but the road ...

Police on Tuesday said investigations into the case surrounding the publishing of a Down syndrome abuse video are ongoing, assuring its cybercrime unit had undertaken the necessary steps to identify ...

A 44-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of rape by the Paphos permanent criminal court. The Paphos CID launched a case ...

The father of a three-year-old boy who fell to his death from a fourth-floor window of a hotel in Chlorakas, Paphos was on Tuesday charged with causing death by recklessness ...

A British woman was on Monday arrested at Paphos airport after customs officers seized a total of 44 cartons in her luggage. The cartons, containing 200 cigarettes each, did not bear the ...

Former justice minister Nicos Papaioannou died on Tuesday at the age of 79. Born in Larnaca in 1947, he served on the ports authority’s board of directors between 1982 and 1988, before being ...

Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides is sixth overall in the ILCA 7 class after the opening five races of the Los Angeles Grand Slam. After finishing 27th in the first race, a ...

The tender award process for the first phase of the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road remains pending, with an update on the project expected by the end of the month, Paphos chamber ...

The Cyprus Red Cross has launched a nationwide back-to-school campaign to collect school supplies for children from financially vulnerable families ahead of the new academic year. The “Back to School – ...

Authorities in Larnaca have agreed on a series of measures to tackle a rise in vandalism across the city, including the installation of CCTV cameras, increased police patrols and the ...

Moroccan nationals who studied at universities in northern Cyprus have announced their intention to hold a sit-in protest outside the education ministry in Rabat, with the country continuing to refuse ...

JCC loses final appeal over government payments contract Cyprus has concluded a four-year tender process for the management of government electronic payment services, awarding the contract to VivaBank after a ...

The practice of offering live animals as lottery and fairground game prizes should be banned because it poses serious risks to animal welfare, NGO PI Animal Welfare Initiatives said on ...

Fuel tanker owners have had 18 years to comply with the mandatory ADR requirements for the transport of flammable liquids, including a year since the transport ministry set a deadline for ...

Former Diko MP Nikos Kleanthous died on Tuesday at the age of 78. Born in Larnaca in 1948, he was one of Diko’s founding members in 1976 and was later appointed by ...

Israeli private intelligence agency Black Cube on Tuesday said that it “stands firmly behind” the evidence it amassed before producing a video which alleged campaign finance lawbreaking on the part ...

Caravans and unauthorised huts are being removed from a Larnaca beach on Tuesday, after the interior ministry’s deadline to vacate the area expired a few days ago. The authorities, ...

A man convicted for sexual offences against a minor has seen his appeal dismissed by the court of appeal, which upheld the prison sentences of eight months to three years ...